It's a Creative World

ALICE - In honour of the Big 4.0

As you will have seen from yesterdays post- Virginia had a special birthday! So this is an Alice inspired tea in honour of that- also ideal for unbirthdays, a Mad Hatter's teaparty and kids- big and small! I've done a few step by steps and made this for 4 guests- but it takes no time at all so quantity is not an issue. The ingredients come as per item ( you'll see what I mean!)

Melt a small bowl of chocolate- this is going to be your glue for 2 types of edible tea cups!

Next up you will need for each cup- a flat based wafer cone, a jammy ring, 1/2 a party ring,3 marshmallows, melted chocolate and sprinkles.

Dip the cone in the chocolate and attach to the jammy ring.

Stuff with marshmallows.

Dip in the party ring in the choc and add as your handle.

Drizzle with melted chocolate and sprinkle liberally!

Marshmallow cups next! you will need a marshmallow, a party ring, a jazzy( white chocolate button with hundreds and thousands) and a gummy ring cut in half. Much the same technique as before...

Attach the mallows to the party ring with chocolate

Add a jazzy on top for froth ( if you haven't eaten them all!)

Then add the gummy handles.

Cupcakes next! I expect you could come up with a monumental pile of ideas!

I've prepped M & M's for cats eyes.

Spare jazzies for the ears and a snipped marshmallow for the grin. A black icing pen added the details.

A few more sweets then were used for the " Eat me's!"

Which then leaves the "Drink me's!"

A few labels on the laptop to cover lemonade bottles was a quick and easy option.

Finally a savoury option. Very simple.

A mini roll caterpillar!

All thats left to do is serve to appreciative guests! If you google Alice in Wonderland party, there are a wealth of idea that can be adapted as I've done. I'd particularly recommend these....

http://www.party-ideas-by-a-pro.com/alice-in-wonderland-party.html

http://cupofdelight.blogspot.co.uk/2010/10/festive-delights-alice-in-wonderland.html

http://family.go.com/food/recipe-842698-edible-teacups--t/

http://whimsicallyhomemade.blogspot.co.uk/2012/06/favorite-finds-fridays-11.html

 

Cheers Virginia! :-)

Laura xxx

 

Saturday Suppers

Hi there! Laura here with a quick nibble recipe which I learned at a Pampered Chef party. Naturally I was too busy ogling the goods and drinking the cocktails (Rosemary and tropical fruit champagne punch - but thats a recipe for another time!) to pay clear attention to the recipe name and  quantities! But I had a play myself which accommodates personal likes and dislikes and thought this name pretty much covers it.

Camembert Pecan and Apricot Melt

Ingredients

A whole camembert cheese, 1 tablespoon of chopped pecan nuts, 2 tablespoons of apricot jam,1/4 red chilli or more depending on your taste buds- mine are very woosy!! Olive oil and 2 part-bake baguettes.  

The follow these steps...

Slice the cheese down the middle so you have two circles.

Chop your chilli and pecans finely.

Then mix with the apricot jam. Believe me when I say it doesn't look good now but the taste is amazing!!

Now smear over one slice of cheese and the layer and repeat.

So that you have a calorie laden sandwich like this!!

Finally, cut your baguettes into 2cm slices, drizzle with olive oil (this will make them crispy)
and then surround the cheese with a wall of bread layers. Pop into the oven at the temp recommended for the bread and leave until the bread is golden and the cheese  has melted.

At this stage I run out of photos - the moment this came out the oven it was eaten leaving no time to get my camera out!!  Serve on the dish taking care not to burn you fingers when eating. The bread is now a crispy scoop to dunk in the cheese. The bread at the bottom needs no dunking as it is now covered in melted cheese. This is indeed a moreish nibble and went down very nicely at my birthday drinks! Hope you give it a try!! xxx